I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as a country.

I cannot allow a third party to decide on my country's future.

I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as a country.

Other countries have access to the markets, whereas Greece does not. Therefore, we have to get liquidity through the ECB.

We have decreased the salaries of everybody who partakes in politics, from the president to the prime minister to the MPs [members of Parliament]. We have cut expenditures that have to do with parliament. Everybody knows we are serious.

Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste in the public sector, and it must stop.